Cool Cucumber Mint Spritzer
Make this simple, non-alcoholic spritzer using fresh cucumber and mint for a very cooling summer drink.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Total Time: 10 min
- Yield: 4 servings
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Blending/Mixing
- Cuisine: General
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, packed
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons simple syrup (or to taste)
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups club soda or sparkling water, chilled
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Place the chopped cucumber, mint leaves, lime juice, and simple syrup into a blender.
- Add 1 cup of cold water. Blend until completely smooth.
- Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl or pitcher, pressing down on the solids to extract all the liquid. Discard the solids. This is your cucumber-mint base.
- To serve, fill glasses with ice cubes.
- Pour the cucumber-mint base into each glass, filling about one-third full.
- Top the rest of the glass with chilled club soda or sparkling water.
- Stir gently and garnish with a thin cucumber ribbon or a mint sprig.
Notes
- For a sweeter drink, increase the simple syrup to 3 tablespoons.
- If you do not have simple syrup, dissolve 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar in 2 tablespoons of hot water, then cool before using.
- Prepare the cucumber-mint base up to 24 hours in advance and store it covered in the refrigerator. Add the sparkling water just before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 65
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 5
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 16
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0